Born | Cherukat Govinda Pisharodi 26 August 1914 Chemmalasseri, Perinthalmanna, Madras State, British India |
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Died | 28 October 1976 (aged 62) |
Occupation | Writer, political activist, teacher |
Language | Malayalam |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Play, novel, short story, poetry, essay, Autobiography |
Literary movement | Progressive literature |
Notable works | Jeevithappatha, Muthassi, Manninte Maaril |
Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award |
Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi (26 August 1914 – 28 October 1976), commonly known as Cherukad, was a Malayalam-languageplaywright, novelist, poet and political activist, associated with the Communist movement in Kerala state, India.[1]
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Biography[edit]
Cherukad was born in Chemmalasseri in Perinthalmanna taluk to Kizheettil Pisharath Karunakara Pisharody and Cherukad Pisharath Narayani Pisharasiar.[1] He got elementary training in Sanskrit from Guru Gopalanezhuthachan. After completing high school education, he joined as a teacher in Chemmala Aided Mappila School.[1] He passed Vidvan Examination from Madras and worked in many schools as teacher before joining Pattambi Sanskrit College as Lecturer.[1]
In 1936, Cherukad married Kizheettil Pisharath Lakshmi Pisharasiar.[1] Their son K. P. Mohanan is a noted writer.[1]
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Cherukad's politically charged writing was influential in defining the Malayalam literature of the fifties and sixties.[2] His political life was connected with the lives of the leading politicians and patriots of Kerala. Cherukad was one of the founding members of the Deshabhimani Study Circle, a progressive literary movement in Kerala and the predecessor of the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham.[1] Some of his important works are Jeevithappatha, Tharavaditham, Manushyabandhangal, Namal Onnu, Manushya Hridayangal, Janmabhumi, Devalokam, Manninte Maril (On the Bosom of the Soil), Muthassi and Sanidasa.[1] His autobiography Jeevithappatha (1974) received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977.[3]
Cherukad died on 28 October 1976.[1] The Cherukad Award is an annual literary award given in his memory.[4]
Works[edit]
Novel[edit]
- Manninte Maaril
- Bhooprabhu
- Maranapathram
- Sanidasa
- Devalokam
Play[edit]
- Snehabandhangal
- Manushyahridayangal
- Kutti Thampuran
- Vaalnakshatram
- Visuddha Nuna
- Chittu Vilakku
- Tharavaditham
- Nammalonnu
- Swathanthra
- Mulankoottam
- Adima
- Janmabhumi
- Anakkettu
- Rakteswari
- Kodumkaattu
- Kutti Thampuratti
- Doctor Kachan
- Odukkathe Onam
Short story[edit]
- Chekkuthante Koodu
- Theruvinte Kutti
- Mudra Motiram
- Chuttan Moori
- Oru Divasam
- Cherukadinte Kathakal
Poetry[edit]
- Manushyane Maanikkuka
- Anthappuram
- Methaapp
- Aradhana
- Thiramala
Autobiography[edit]
- Jeevithappatha
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefghi'ചെറുകാട് ഗോവിന്ദപ്പിഷാരഡി' [Cherukad Govinda Pisharodi] (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi.Missing or empty
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(help) - ^'Remembering Mundassery, Cherukad'. The Hindu. Kozhikode, India. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^Amaresh Datta (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Volume 2. p. 1846.
- ^'Cherukad Award presented'. The Hindu. 30 October 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
External links[edit]
- Public Relations Department, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 11 April 2011. [1]
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